Parallel transport of higher flat gerbes as an extended homotopy quantum field theory

DOI10.1007/s40062-019-00242-3zbMath1444.57020arXiv1802.10455OpenAlexW2963905397WikidataQ127494331 ScholiaQ127494331MaRDI QIDQ2173525

Lukas Müller, Lukas Woike

Publication date: 16 April 2020

Published in: Journal of Homotopy and Related Structures (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.10455

zbMATH Keywords

modular tensor categorygerbehomotopy quantum field theoryorbifoldization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology) (57R56)

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